Nick Soma - Message Received

T, take some time to
E, explain to me
N, now it's 'cause
S, it sounded strange to me
I, I want,
O, I only want you to be honest with me
N, name your price I have to pay to take the tension away

The message on the surface
Was not the one implied
And I can read into it
But I'm still on the outside
I don't know who can be trusted,
What can be believed
The message that you sent
Was not the message received

I, it's that I
N, never was good at this
S, see that I can't read
E, everything between the lines
C, can't you just,
U, unravel this mystery
R, for real now
E, end the tension, end my insecurity

The message on the surface
Was not the one implied
There's a meaning you offer me
And a meaning you hide
You say there's nothing wrong
Yet you sound so peeved
The message that you sent
Was not the message received

I didn't ask, 'What did you say?'
I didn't ask you to repeat
I asked, 'What do you mean?'
You understand?
M-E-A-N!
Now probably you weren't
Being rude on purpose
But the implication
In the connotation
Of the things you said just
Came across as kind of mean
M-E-A-N

The message on the surface
Was not the one implied
There's a meaning you offer me
And a meaning you hide
I don't know who can be trusted,
What can be believed
The message that you sent
Was not the message received